húro
storm
raumo
noun. (noise of a) storm
A word for “storm” in the version of the Markirya poem from the 1960s (MC/222), more accurately “(noise of a) storm” (MC/223). It may be related to the root ᴹ√RAW “✱roar”.
Conceptual Development: In the ᴱQ. Oilima Markirya poem from circa 1930, the word was ᴱQ. húro instead (MC/214), possibly related to ᴱN. huiriaith “gale” from the early root ᴱ√SURU (PE13/148). ᴱQ. laume “storm, overcast sky” from Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s is another possible precursor.
raumo nurrua
the storm mumbling
The twenty-first line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is raumo “storm” followed an adjectival form of nurru- “to mumble”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> raumo nurru-a = “✱storm mumbl-ing”
Conceptual Development: In the first draft, Tolkien used an active-participle form nurrula, which he retained initially in the second draft before changing it into a more generic adjectival form nurrua (MC/222).
vangwë
noun. storm; blow, storm, *gale; blow
A word for “storm” in notes from around 1957, derived from primitive ✶wagmē based on the root √WĀ as the “echoic” representation of the sound of wind (NM/237). In Quenya Notes (QN) from around the same time, Tolkien had vangwe (of the same basic derivation) with the gloss “blow” (PE17/34).
Conceptual Development: A likely precursor is ᴱQ. ’wanwa “great gale” the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the early root ᴱ√GWĀ (QL/102).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I think the sense “storm” is more useful than “blow”.
haloisi
the sea (in storm)
haloisi noun "the sea (in storm)", cf. haloitë (LT1:254)
raumo
(noise of a) storm
raumo noun "(noise of a) storm" (Markirya)
hwarrissë
noun. blizzard, (lit.) blowing fall of snow
hwinwaiwa
noun. whirlwind
alagon
noun. storm
alagos
noun. storm (of wind)
A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “storm of wind”, an elaboration of N. alag “rushing” so perhaps “✱(lit.) rushing (of winds)” (Ety/ÁLAK). A similar (masculinized?) form appeared in the name N. Ancalagon “Biting-Storm” (Ety/NAK). Tolkien continued to use this name in later writings, but it was untranslated.
ancalagon
masculine name. Biting-Storm
alagos
noun. storm of wind
wagmē
noun. storm
ancalagon
masculine name. Biting-Storm
Greatest of the dragons, slain by Eärendil (S/252). His name is translated “Biting-Storm”, possibly a combination of anc “jaw” and a variant of [N.] alagos “storm of wind”.
Conceptual Development: This name first appeared in Silmarillion drafts from the 1930s (SM/160). The name is translated in The Etymologies from the 1930s (Ety/NAK) but not in later writings. The decomposition above is derived from the entries in The Etymologies (Ety/ÁLAK, ÁNAK, NAK).
gwaew
noun. storm; blow
A Sindarin word in notes from around 1957, derived from primitive ✶wagmē, the equivalent of Q. vangwë “storm” (NM/237). It is not entirely clear whether Tolkien intended the Sindarin word to have the same meaning, as elsewhere gwaew was typically glossed “wind”. But in the same paragraph, gwae also appeared (likewise unglossed), which is the more usual Sindarin word for “wind”, so I think gwaew = “storm” is a reasonable assumption. The same form and derivation of gwaew < ✶wagme appeared in Quenya Notes also from 1957, but there its Quenya equivalent (also vangwe) was glossed “blow”. This word is probably pronounced as a triphthong, approximately “gwaeoo”.
gwaew
storm
- gwaew (i **waew) (wind), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaew**), 2)
gwaew
storm
(i ’waew) (wind), no distinct pl. form except with article (in gwaew)
alagos
storm of wind
alagos (pl. elegys, coll. pl. alagossath)
alagos
storm of wind
alagos (pl. elegys, coll. pl. alagossath).
alagos
storm of wind
(pl. elegys, coll. pl. alagossath)
Beware, older languages below! The languages below were invented during Tolkien's earlier period and should be used with caution. Remember to never, ever mix words from different languages!
húro
noun. storm
laume
noun. storm, overcast sky
A noun in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a storm, overcast sky” (QL/51). It was derived from a form loum- based on the early root ᴱ√LOMO, since *ou* became *au* in Early Qenya.
haloisi
noun. the sea (in storm)
A word for “the sea (in storm)” in the Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s, a derivative of the root ᴱ√HALA with other derivatives having to do with leaping (QL/39). The word haloisi also appeared in the Poetic and Mythological Words of Eldarissa with the gloss “sea (aroused)” (PME/39).
húro ulmula
the storm mumbling
The twentieth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is húro “storm” followed by the adjective (active-participle?) ulmula “mumbling”.
Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:
> húro ulmula = “✱storm mumbling”
nigweth
noun. (snow) storm
A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “a storm”, but Tolkien clarified that it was “properly of snow, but that sense has evaporated” (GL/60), in other words that its use was originally limited to snow storms, but it came to be used of storms in general. It is clearly based on the early root ᴱ√NIQI which had a number of other “snow” derivatives, as noted by Christopher Tolkien (LT1A/Taniquetil).
húro noun "storm" (MC:214; this is "Qenya")